"It was a weird season," said Marquis. "Obviously, this season didn't turn out the way I wanted personally and as a
team."

Last night, Marquis held a short-handed Phillies lineup (Philly clinched the NL East on Tuesday) to one run on six innings with seven strikeouts and one walk.

In his last six starts, he has been 2-4 with a 3.61 ERA. He had a 20.53 ERA when he went on the DL in April.

Marquis sees hope, telling the Post:

"I judge it off all my starts I made after the surgery," Marquis said.
"The numbers are what they are, but I was pitching hurt coming out of
spring training. So I don't judge it off of how I was before the
surgery. That's the first time I went through a situation like that. I
had to battle back. Start by start, day by day, I started feeling more
and more like myself. I worked hard to get better, and the work has paid
off."

As for staying home in October for the first time, the former Advance All Star said:

"It's not going to be fun," Marquis said. "I'll still watch the games,
if I'm sitting on the couch and there's not much to do. I'll definitely
enjoy hanging out with my family a little bit more than usual."